Tag: Peru

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Repsol now blames Italian tanker for oil slick off Peru's shore

  

  Spanish state-run oil company Repsol now blames a “sudden movement” of the Italian-flagged Mare Doricum tanker caused the Jan. 15 spill of thousands of barrels of crude oil off the coast of Lima, which has caused a major environmental disaster in the region.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Peruvian president makes yet another cabinet reshuffle

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones has sworn in his fourth cabinet in barely over six months after taking office. A week ago, he had appointed his third cabinet after the resignation of Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

  Two people needed hospitalization due to oil spill off Peru's shore

  

  Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the effects of contaminated Pacific Ocean waters stemming from the Repsol oi spill off Callao, Peruvian authorities said Tuesday.

• Sunday, February 6th 2022 - 19:49 UTC

  Castillo embraces Conservative values, Bolsonaro says after meeting

  

  Despite mounting opposition against each one of them in their own countries, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro and his Peruvian colleague Pedro Castillo Terrones met last week (Thursday) at the Brazilian Amazonian state of Rondonia, after which both leaders said their differences were a thing of the past.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru's leftist President sways to Conservatives amid major Cabinet reshuffle

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo has announced his new cabinet reshuffle while opposition lawmakers get ready to file for a new motion of censure against the head of state, it was reported in Lima Wednesday.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Peru's President once again needs to reshuffle cabinet following resignations

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been dealt a new blow less than a year after being sworn in following the resignation Monday of Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez citing high levels of corruption within the national government.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Repsol ordered to stop loading or unloading crude in Peru's Pacific waters

  

  Peruvian authorities Monday ordered Spanish oil company Repsol to stop loading and unloading crude oil on ships after a spill in January has caused a major environmental crisis in the Pacific Ocean off the province of Callao near Lima.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Repsol spill in Peru twice the size reported originally, minister says

  

  Peru's Environment Minister Rubén Ramírez Friday denounced the amount of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean was almost twice as much as the amount reported so far.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Second oil spill spotted near Repsol refinery in Peru

  

  A new oil spill has been spotted off the multi-buoy Terminal 2 of Repsol's La Pampilla refinery, Peru's Navy and the Environmental Assessment and Enforcement Agency (OEFA) reported Tuesday.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Peru's FM states Bolivia's access to the sea already provided for in treaty

  

  Peru's Foreign Ministry Wednesday released a statement regarding Bolivia's potential access to the Pacific Ocean, following remarks from President Pedro Castillo in a radio interview with CNN in which the head of state sparked controversies over that sensitive issue.